Letter to the Editor: How did parents differ from Toledo staff?

I respect and appreciate the Register's concern for children held in isolation at the children's home in Toledo. I echo the Register's question of our state officials, "Where is the outrage?"

The parents of a couple of difficult-to-manage teenagers recently were prosecuted in Iowa for putting children in lockup in the basement of their home in order to manage the teenagers' behavior. How is that different from what the staff at Toledo reportedly did to children in their care?

- Ann-Marie Baughman, Des Moines

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Letter to the Editor: How did parents differ from Toledo staff?

I respect and appreciate the Register's concern for children held in isolation at the children's home in Toledo. I echo the Register's question of our state officials, 'Where is the outrage?'